Crepe Catastrophe

**WARNING!: Graphic descriptions not suitable for those with weak stomachs, those who have just eaten, those who enjoy eating, and those who do not want their stomachs to turn à ce moment**

So Alma has a small ear infection..I’m not quite sure how it is affecting her (she seems pretty normal to me) and it was caught in the early stages so ce n’est pas grave – no fever, no abnormal crying, slightly lethargic - and the mom has been giving her antibiotics so it should go away in the next few days…

Now I’m am not sure why, so I’m going to blame it on her being ‘sick’ lol but today we had crepes for snack because I was craving them and I had just bought this new jam which is supposed to be super gourmet from this well-known store in Paris – Fauchon – and I wanted to try it out…I sampled it in the store and I decided to get the new flavor: Apricots, Plums, and Cinnamon….mmmm

We had just finished eating and Alma was finishing her last bites when she started with the gag reflex…now this isn’t a completely random thing because she has been known to over-stuff her mouth and end up spitting whatever is in there out into her hand which is always pleasing to play “Identify the Parts of Your Meal in Your Hand”…but this time she wasn’t exactly spitting it out but just doing the dry heave…I was getting worried that she might start choking so I’m standing there trying to remember how the F you give a child the Heimlich while also trying to figure out if I should take her into the bathroom or just let her keep standing there…

After about the fourth tease I grabbed a plate nearby and just held it in front of her because I knew she would eventually end up puking…and of course as soon as the plate was there giving the green light – BOTH crepes come creeping out onto the plate…yummm…what I thought was just going to be just a mouthful turned into a long train of chocolate, chunky dough, almost fully chewed bananas amidst a gummy web of saliva….and then of course it was back to playing with Amos.

I, however, was left wanting my crepes to join hers on the plate after that lovely gastronomical offering…I think if I had gotten anything more than a tinge of that ambrosial barf odor I would’ve lost it…

My new jam was excellent though :)